ARCTIC MONKEYS - ARCTIC MONKEYS SAY 'NO' TO TV SHOWS

Indie icons ARCTIC MONKEYS have sensationally declared they will not appear on any more TV shows.

The four-piece, whose album WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT is the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history, stunned the music industry by refusing to perform on long-running British TV show TOP OF THE POPS last month (JAN06).

And the band now insist they will stick to live shows and recording because they are musicians, not celebrities.

Drummer MATT HELDERS says, "The TV interviews we did were abysmal. We just don't want to do it. We don't think we should have to do that stuff just because we're in a band.

"You can't win - either you're a k**bhead for not doing stuff, or you bore people if they see your face everyday."

Frontman ALEX TURNER adds, "And then there's the politics. You can't do one TV show without doing the other."